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| Quit
plan |
| Here's
how to help your patients develop a plan to quit: |
| Recommend
setting a quit date, ideally within two weeks. |
| Suggest
that the patient tell family, friends, and co-workers about quitting
and ask for their understanding and support. |
| Tell
the patient to remove tobacco products and paraphernalia from his
or her environment. On the quit date, the patient should throw away
cigarettes or other tobacco products, lighters, ashtrays, rolling
papers, pipes, spit containers, and any other objects that serve as
prompts for tobacco use. |
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Provide or recommend
nicotine
replacement therapy or another pharmacotherapy, especially for
highly addicted patients (those who smoke 25 or more cigarettes
per day). Some resources may be available to assist your clients
who participate in the VODI program.
For
VODI contact information, click here.
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